New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-09
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
,,o GLADSTONE HOPES TO REGAIN COM
u.ND OF THE UNIONIST RADICALS.

,vrpy EFFORT USED TO C0NCILIAih MI"
p,ux-rur PUBLIC TIRED OF THE CAB
,>,yr cp1sIs-A NEW "PALL MALL" CA
NARp-poISGs OF THE "AMERiCAN
EXHIBITION "-PERsoNAL~
rBY CABLE TO TIE TRIBUNE.l
LONDON, Jan. s.-The Gladstonlan view Oh '"e
,,proaching conference with Mr.. chamberlain I'LL"
sir George o. Trevclyan is rapidly pecohins '''.
vuine. Mr.. Gladstone himself is, as telesf"pAeN
-, Thursday confident of good results. lie aiio"S
4, To no understood that he considers Mr. Chaloer
,ain's birmingham speech was something iioio o''''n
an olive branch ; it a branch laden Will iiuiO
- tho share Of concessions Every effort Will De
,nodo to enlarge these concessions, but they "ouiu
,,obablv be accepted as they stand unless MI
parncll intc,poses the strong objections 'iaV ho
has hitherto expressed. Mr. Chamoerlalns sus
co.tion that tbe question Of an Irish Parnamen0
need not be raised till other questions on WHICH
he and his friends agree with Mr.. Gladstone aye
.i.oosod Of will be treated as relating only to the
dul lation of the present House of Commons Inc
prescnt House, Mr.. Gladstone admits, is hopclcssS
opposed to his Home Rule bill and he nos no III
tcntion of challenging vote ON that scheme MI
Chamberlain therefore would not be called upon TO
support oppose it.
The real question is whether Mr.. Chamberlain
md his friends are ready to abandon the position
they first adopted and reatirmed So lately as thc
date of the last Liberal Unionist conference In
london They have pledged themselves to give
tl,o ,,t GOVarpmpnf
order TO prevent Mr.. Gladstones return to power
with the Home Rule bill in his pocket, but Lord
Randolph Churchills disappearance makes great
chance Mr. Chamberlain had an understanding
with Lord Randolph Churchill on many points,
and he was able to Justify himself TO his Kadlcai
constituency for keeping the Tory Ministry in
power on the ground that they were kept there
20 pass Radical measures They would have passed
them had Lord Randolph Churchill remained, but
nobody expects such measures from the recon
structcd Ministry. What Mr. Gladstone believes
or hopes is, therefore, that Mr. Chamberlain has
discovered he is in false position since his
sole motive for befriending the Ministry, apart
from opposing Home Rule, has vanished with
Lord Randolph Churchill. Mr.. Gladstone thinks
il possible to give assurances which will either
reconcile his own views Of Home Rule with Nr
Chamberlain's or remove all apprehension of i'm
mediate collision The effect would be visible at
orce in the House The Radical wing Of the Lib
eral Unoniss would no longer de found in the
same lobby with the Tories but they would vote
with their own party on every issue not directly
Involving Gladstonian Home Rule, and the Liberal
Unonist party would be broken up. The majority
of that party does not follow Mr.. Chamberlain,
but the "old Parliamentary hand' looks further
ahead than tomorrow. Wircpulers say not
dozen Unionists have chance OF reelection as
matters stand. Tories will not again give way
for or support them, and Liberals will II
them. Most of those who care for their
political future have therefore no choice but 10
,etlnn to the Gladstonan fold. Hence IL Is be
hevcd that if Mr.. Chamberlain breaks away many
even of the Wing section will presently follow
In one word, Mr. Gladstone sees in Mr. Chamber
lain's present proposal for q conference a real
chance of reuniting the Liberal party, minus few
Mhig leaders He means TO avail himself OF IL
to the utmost, and may even if necessary give
way on some points heretofore reckoned impor-
tant, being confident that Home Rule as cause
will gain and not lose by reconciliation. The con
ference assemblies on Thursday next.
The Cabinet crisis continues and the public arc
becoming weary of it. Mr. Edward Stanhore's
transfer from the Colonies to the War Office ex-
cites no fresh interest. His successor at the
Colonial Office is still unnamed, but the choice
probably lies between Sir Henry Holland and Mr.
Charles Richie. The feeling that Lord IddesIeigh
has been shabbily treated is expressed pretty
loudly. Lord Iddeslcigh himself the most long
suffering of men, has at last been stun2 into re-
sentiment and refuses consolation in the shape of
the ornamental Cabinet post which Lord Salisbury
wishes him to accept. On the whole neither the
Ministry nor the Tory party can be described as
. happy family
Among the amiabilties OF the crisis may be
mentioned Mr. Labouchercs remark that Mr.
Goschen is little more than Cav endish footman
In Cecil livery. This is very remote from the
larger views expressed by Mr.. Gladstone. The
Liberal leader regrets the loss OF his old colleague.
but declared himself glad that the Tories should
have recruited into their ranks what they much
needed, sound and capable fnancier. "Thc
Daily News" which is now directly inspired by
Mr. Laboucherc, adopts but slightly varies his
metaphor, describing Mr.. Goschcn as figuring in
Lord Salisbury's new pair of brceches The same
Journal lately informed its readers that Lord Sails
twy's foreign policy was the offspring Of pure
xantonness or sheer incompetence.
Rumors Of war are still flying about, but are
more vague than ever. The latest escapade Of